I snapped the below photos at the traffic light on Carrillo and Bath Street on Sunday around 4:30pm. Don't worry edhatters, I was in
the passenger seat, not the driver. It's a
very large plume of white smoke coming from behind the mountains. I'm assuming it might be a
prescribed burn but am not sure. Does anyone have any information?

I'm not often impressed by Internet Craziness these days, but that's some miiiiighty fine conspiracy stuff right there, 365. Well done.

COMMENT 537381

2014-07-20 07:01 PM

einsteins ghost....fyi...fire smoke tends to be gray, black, or have some color to it. Plain fluffy white is mostly just clouds. Great pictures!

COMMENT 537384

2014-07-20 07:09 PM

That is called "Popcorn" Cumulonimbus

COMMENT 537386

2014-07-20 07:21 PM

BE KNOW THE TRUTH!!!!

COMMENT 537387

2014-07-20 07:21 PM

NEW POPE!!!!!

COMMENT 537389

2014-07-20 08:00 PM

Yup, as GRITS says.... smoke has all manner of ash and organic bits floating up with it so it will be strongly discolored. Mist or water vapour is white so when the fire dept douses the flames with water the smoke gets a lot whiter but still a shade of grey. Absent any dark smoke it's safe to say this is just a very puffy white cloud. :-)

COMMENT 537390

2014-07-20 08:09 PM

yes, cloud formations such as these are visible every summer.

COMMENT 537394P

2014-07-20 08:22 PM

384: Loving that "Popcorn" info. Thanks for that. Cool name and doesn't that formation look just like a huge niblet of popcorn.

Nanny: I don't get why you nannied the "Did poster really think it was a fire?" comment. Legitimate comment.

COMMENT 537397P

2014-07-20 09:24 PM

That would be one huge fire if it had been smoke! That cloud formation turned into a beautiful anvil. Wish it had been in our area....And when plants containing lots of water burn, the smoke will be white!

COMMENT 537413P

2014-07-21 06:48 AM

I saw that plume, too. At first I thought it was a chicken, then later it looked like a pony.

COMMENT 537416P

2014-07-21 07:10 AM

Striking formation; would only worry about smoke it if were gray, but even then, there are differences.

COMMENT 537425

2014-07-21 08:23 AM

Congratulations . . . you have actually seen the i-Cloud !! It is composed of terrabytes of information, ones and zeroes, which, taken together looks like a bunny. This is a rarely experienced phenomenon. NOBODY understands the iCloud.

AUNTIE S.

2014-07-21 07:33 PM

LOL,387.

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